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CARCAGENTE, or CARCAJENTE

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 313 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CARCAGENTE, or CARCAJENTE , a See also:town of eastern See also:Spain, in the See also:province of See also:Valencia; near the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Jucar, at the junction between the Valencia-See also:Murcia and Carcagente-See also:Denia See also:railways. Pop. (1900) 12,262. Carcagente is a picturesque town, of considerable antiquity. Various See also:Roman remains have been found in its neighbourhood. It is surrounded by groves of See also:orange, See also:palm and mulberry trees, and contains many Moorish houses, whose old-fashioned See also:blue-tiled cupolas contrast with the chimneys of the See also:silk See also:mills and See also:linen factories opened in See also:modern times. An important See also:local See also:industry is the cultivation of See also:rice, for which the moist and warm See also:climate of the See also:low-lying Jilcar valley is well suited.

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